But here's the difference: that girl should have let our MC explain her side of the story. Even if she was in the wrong, she should have been allowed to speak up and say her part instead of getting screamed at, publicly humiliated, and then bullied by people who had nothing to do with it. In fact, that girl should have pulled our MC aside and talked to her in a private space in case she was, in fact, mistaken about the relationship—regardless of how suspicious the whole thing was in actuality.
Personally, I think the MC is not only socially awkward but also very introverted and naive. It almost looked like she was about to have a panic attack during the "confrontation." She made incorrect assumptions that the boyfriend would tell his girlfriend, but that doesn't mean she deserved the treatment she got. Being a decent human calls for confronting someone in private, not in public, especially when you are UNSURE of the nature of their relationship. We don't actually know how long the MC and her friend's boyfriend (Junsu) were meeting, but we can tell that the MC was also unaware of Junsu's feelings toward her and had just treated him like a friend. I don't believe she was doing anything as bold as you seem to think, especially because the MC was not trying to get close to him for any reason. Even the nature of the MC's relationship with Ahyoung, her friend, seemed to be very weird. Like Ahyoung was showing off Junsu in a very strange way, as if she felt superior to our MC. That's how I saw it anyway.
She did speak up, she said she rejected him, and the friend straight-up said she doesn't believe her.
And when shocking or upsetting things happen, it can take people a while to work out how to react. Not everyone's able to react immediately, sometimes we take a moment to process what's going on and by the time we figure out what to say, it's too late.
Also how can you say the bullying doesn't look "that bad" when she's literally being harassed and slandered by the whole school? The psychological effects of that can be crippling, human beings are really affected by social stuff like this. Psychological violence (such as bullying) can lead to lifelong anxiety, PTSD, or even self-harm or suicide - look at her self-sabotaging her own shot at happiness with the duke, being unable to believe that someone could sincerely like her, being unable to trust people. Girl's properly traumatized, it doesn't matter what it "looks like", the damage has clearly been done.
And the person who did something "THAT BOLD" was the boyfriend who decided to cause a scene instead of accepting rejection. He's the one who neglected and betrayed his gf. And that friend should've admitted that instead of blaming the girl who very clearly turned him down.
Sorry for the rant, absolutely no hate to you, I just don't agree with some of your statements and hope you'll see there's another side to this story.
Amen sis
That kinda happend to me; my ex bf and I would hang out alot with my friend and she told.me she liked him while I was dating him and after we broke up amd her bf left her she asked if it was fine if she asked my ex out. I said its not my right to stop her so she asked him out and got rejected. Now though she hangs out with him more then shes me and chooses to see him then see me. Also if I ask her where she's been she always says None of Your Business but when the same thing happens to me she wants to know every single detail. We're still friends but it kinda hurts, and sorry for ranting I wanted to get this off my chest a bit (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Ahhh okay imma rant little bit more! Okay so her ex bf asked me out and has been really nice to me when he sees me (same school and all) but she keeps asking me if I will date him and thay she still has feelings EVEN THOUGH she has a bf and hangs put with my ex a lot. I told her im not going to date him (cause her taste in men isnt the best...) but I think she still has resentment for me cause he asked me out.
Sorry for all the spelling mistakes! I was not in the best state of mind when typingΣ( ￣□￣||)
Sorry to hear you're going through a rough time! I hope you and your friend get to talk things out, boys shouldn't come between good friendships - but also bad friendships aren't worth the trouble in the first place. I think if you speak to your friend seriously and sincerely about it, you'll find out what kind of friendship it is and what to do about it. Your friend probably also has some insecurities that are causing her to act this way. But at the same time, remember that if you're being hurt and she won't try to understand you, then you don't have to keep putting up with that. Hope things resolve well for you! <3
To play devil's advocate, If my boyfriend told me that he wanted to break up because he fell in love with one of my friends I would be really fucking piss at him and my friend. I would want to know how he fell in love with her because to my personal knowledge they don't hangout with each other unless they were hangout out behind my back which in this case they were. I would definitely confront my friend because I was never aware they were hangout. So to me it seems like they both were hiding it. Heart broken and feeling betrayed I would confront my friend the first chance I got.
The FL didn't deserve to be bullied and I wouldn't have bullied my friend but I probably wouldn't talk for a while.